Today is Carl Sagan's birthday!
If you've never heard his famous Pale Blue Dot talk, please, take a few minutes. ♥
https://youtu.be/GO5FwsblpT8
"Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot" [3:31]
basically i think all of my preferences, opinions, etc to do with programming are because i don't actually like programming. i like MAKING THINGS, and a lot of the things i want to make involve programming. but the actual thing itself is just a means to an end. i dont care about using a closure or a lambda or whatever. i just want to tell a computer to make things happen. destroy the nerd's. theyre making us do shit which isnt necessary. destroy them!!!! DESTROY THEM
Some folks on birdsite are tagging our project account in tweets like "hey jack twitter should copy this thing mastodon does". The idea that this is merely about features is short-sighted. Twitter will never, ever, ever be your friend. They are the shareholders' friend, not yours. No feature will let you see what their engineers are working on, what's under the hood. No feature will fix their headquarters in the US following and enforcing US laws and customs worldwide.
@typhlosion tried to find a cute form of mega typhlosion but found this instead https://awoo.space/media/WBKLzU9TUxdCp5s9rRw
Whoever put a "b" in subtlety is a genius, and whoever put an "s" in lisp is an asshole #Showerthoughts
I forgot to post these socks with smug ass sharks on them https://awoo.space/media/9PkOoKe5Rbqr49Gv1Ss https://awoo.space/media/wnu-kdkl4Tp4Ju7Kuj8
US Politics (+++) [2]
Turns out Danica Roem (D-VA Delegate) is also the lead vocalist for a heavy metal band called Cab Ride Home. :D :D :D
THIS NIGHT KEEPS GETTING BETTER
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trans woman of color elected to minneapolis city council https://twitter.com/SarahEMcBride/status/928077375006535681
US Politics (+++)
❗️Danica Roem just became the first openly transgender elected official in the state of Virginia.
‼️Her election unseated Republican Robert Marshall who made headlines early this year for proposing an anti-trans bathroom bill.
Sometimes, things work out alright. ♥️♥️
Short Story: The Fruit of our Labor http://orrery.prismaticmedia.com/2017/11/06/short-story-the-fruit-of-our-labor/
#fourwordhorrorstories
sugar has become poison
Dragony plush thing! Friendly, non-binary, anarcho-syndicalist, ace.
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